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            This book was written in a period known as the "Gothic genre-, making Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde a "Gothic novel-. As soon as we hear this term, you immediately think of things such of shadows, darkness, mystery and murkiness. Stevenson described this novel as a "Shilling Shocker-. Like most gothic novels, Stevenson wanted to shock and spook the reader. .
             Jekyll and Hyde fits into "urban gothic horror- as Stevenson, throughout the novel, will go out of his way to create a link between the urban landscape of Victorian London and the dark events surrounding Hyde. He creates this effect through the use of nightmarish imagery, in which dark streets "twist and coil- or "lie draped in the fog-. Chilling images of the city appear in Uttersons nightmares, the novel reads:.
             "He would be aware of the great field of lamps of a nocturnal city the figure of Hyde haunted the lawyer all night; and if at any time he dozed over, it was but to see it glide more stealthily through sleeping houses, or more swiftly through wider labyrinths of lamp-lighted city, and at every street corner crush a child and leave her screaming-. .
             This novel also represented fears that common people faced during that period of time. Some critics believe that it reflected the return of the repressed. Robert Kielty said, "Gothic fiction was not only about confusion, it was written from confusion-. .
             During this period of time Darwin's theories of evolution had just been known to the public, so around this time many people were confused and creeped out' by his facts.
             Jekyll is an elderly man who struggles with the dual nature of his personality. Throughout the novel he is physically described as both tall and handsome, not to mention extremely wealthy. He is very kind and generous to his friends. .
             In the novel, Jekyll is described:.
             "To this rule, Dr. Jekyll was no exception; and as he now sat on the opposite side of the fire "a large, well-made, smooth-faced man of fifty, with something of a slyish cast perhaps, but every mark of capacity and kindness "you could see by his looks that he cherished for Mr.